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COCKATOO ISLAND

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Cockatoo Island, Paramatta Wharf, Balmain, Sydney, Australia
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2024
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This island at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers is home to a prison built by prisoners.

Cockatoo Island is the largest island in Sydney Harbour. It is located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, about 10 minutes by ferry west of Circular Quay. It was in 1839 that Governor Gipps chose Cockatoo Island as the site of a new prison to relieve congestion on Norfolk Island. The prison, built by the prisoners, operated until 1869, before being used until 1888 as a workhouse and correctional facility for girls, and then again as a prison until 1908, when it was closed.

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aelghir@wanadoo.fr
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Visited in december 2016
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un pan de l'histoire de Sydney et de l'Autralie : des convicts ( déportés) vivaient et travaillaient sur cet îlot, destiné principalement aux condamnés récidivistes. il reste quelques murs du fort et la maison du gouverneur (en magnifiques blocs de grès), les chantiers navals. nous avons vu bien plus de mouettes que de cacatoès (cockatoo). Facile d'accès avec le ferry.
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choupinette123456
Visited in july 2015
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nous y sommes allés lors d'un évènement culturel, c'était très sympa, d'ailleurs la promenade pour y accéder fait également parti de la sortie! à faire :)
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Expositions contemporaines temporaires qui réhabilitent à merveille d'ancien bâtiments. Dépaysement garanti sur cette île qui lors de la nouvelle année accueille des campeurs pour profiter des feux d'artifices. Très facile d'accès depuis le port de Sydney.
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